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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Date: August 23, 2014
Members of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: General Employees' and Sanitation
Employees' Retirement Trust
References: Agenda for September 11, 2014
Enclosures: List of members, AFSCME Local 1907
Memos and Resumes
The General Employees' and Sanitation Employees' Retirement Trust was created to provide
retirement benefits pursuant to the provisions of City Code Chapter 40, Division 3; to establish and
maintain functions as are necessary to administer, manage and operate the retirement plan.
One trustee shall be selected by the city manager, which trustee shall not be the mayor, a city
commissioner, the city manager, the city finance director, or an assistant finance director. Two trustees
shall be selected by the general employees and their names submitted to the city clerk. The trustee may
be a present or retired member of the bargaining unit represented by the General Employees' Union
(AFSCME Local 1907) and shall be selected and serve according to the constitution and bylaws of the
General Employees' Union. Two trustees shall be selected by the sanitation employees and their names
submitted to the city clerk. The trustees shall be present members of the bargaining unit represented by
Sanitation Employees' Union (AFSCME Local 871) and shall be selected and serve according to the
constitution and bylaws of the Sanitation Employees' Union. The remaining four trustees shall be
selected by the city commission and may not be employees of the city. Two of the trustees shall be
selected from a list of six persons submitted by the General Employees' Union according to its
constitution and bylaws and the other two trustees shall be selected from a list of six persons submitted
by the Sanitation Employees' Union according to its constitution and bylaws. The city commission may,
at the request of the General Employees' Union or the Sanitation Employees' Union, accept a list
consisting of one name for each position to be filled. The lists submitted to the city commission shall not
contain duplications. If duplication occurs, the city commission shall return both lists for resubmission.
Two (2) appointments are needed at this time:
• Commission At Large has two (2) appointments to be made from the nominations submitted
by AFSCME Local 1907, representing general employees, for seats currently held by:
1. Cary Montero, AFSCME Local 1907, incumbent, whose term expires on September 13,
2014.
2. Elizabeth Warwick, AFSCME Local 1907, incumbent, whose term expires on September
13, 2014.
Note: Per Section 40-243(d), Miami City Code, the following names has been submitted by
AFSCME Local 1907 for Commission consideration: Luis Fernandez and Elizabeth Warwick.
For your convenience, we have included a copy of the current membership list of the trust. By copy of
this memorandum, we are requesting the Agenda Office to place this issue on the September 11, 2014,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Sandra Elenberg, Administrator, GESE Trust
Sean Moy, President, AFSCME 1907
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator